TRENDnet 300 Mbps Wireless N Home Router TEW-652BRP (Black)

by TRENDnet

Product Details

User Manual [4.22mb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches ; 8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001DHLC3S
• Item model number: TEW-652BRP
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (97 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,701 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

The Wireless N Home Router TEW-652BRP allows you to create a secure high performance wireless N network with 12x the speed and 4x the coverage of wireless G. Quickly install the Wireless N Home Router and then use a Wireless N Adapter to connect a laptop or desktop at the touch of a button with one-touch Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) technology. The latest in wireless encryption and a double firewall safeguard your data. Advanced antenna technology (MIMO) delivers expansive coverage and minimizes wireless dead spots. A quick and intuitive installation process, remote management capabilities and a 3-year limited warranty make this kit well suited for your most demanding networking needs.

Router Features

• Wi-Fi compliant with IEEE 802.11n and IEEE 802.11b/g standards
• Four 10/100 Mbps Auto-MDIX LAN port and one 10/100 Mbps WAN port (Internet)
• Supports Cable/DSL modems with Dynamic IP, Static IP, PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP & BigPond connection types
• High-speed up to 300 Mbps data rate using IEEE 802.11n connection
• Two external antennas support high speed performance and great coverage with MIMO technology
• Firewall features Network Address Translation (NAT), and Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) protects against DoS attacks
• Support Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) for easy connection
• Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) and Application Level Gateway support for Internet applications such as email, FTP, gaming, remote desktop, Net Meeting, telnet and more
• Provides additional security of enable/disable wireless SSID, Internet Access Control (MAC Address, Domain & IP Filtering)
• Easy management via web browser and remote management
• Supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA/WPA2 and WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
• Works with Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista, Linux and Mac OS
• Coverage up to 330 feet indoor
• Coverage up to 980 feet outdoor
• 3-year warranty

What's in the box:
TEW-652BRP, multi-language quick installation guide, CD-ROM (driver/user's guide), power adapter (5V DC, 2.5A), Cat 5 Ethernet cable (5-feet), USB cable (5.7 inches).

Product Description

Trendnet TEW-652BRP Wireless N Home Router delivers the highest level of security with 12x the speed and 4x the range of wireless g products. Quickly install the router and use it with TRENDnet wireless n adapters to receive the full benefits of wireless n speed and coverage.The latest in wireless encryption and a secure firewall provide the ultimate inwired and wireless security. Advanced Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antenna technology delivers expansive coverage and eliminates dead spots. A quick and intuitive installation process, one touch wireless connection using Wi-Fi Protected Setup and advanced management capabilities make this product well suited for your most demanding home networking needs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

71 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good reliable and fast router for the money, December 23, 2008

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Experimental (Irvine, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TRENDnet 300 Mbps Wireless N Home Router TEW-652BRP (Black) (Personal Computers)

I usually don't write reviews as I am lazy but I think the other consumer's review is misleading to many people that consider buying this router. I don't know what is the problem in his case (maybe choosing the same channel with the neighbor or some other strong interference?) but I never experienced any disconnects or other connection issues with this router.

This router is considerably inexpensive compared to other 802.11N routers and ,as expected, it doesn't compare with the >$100 routers in terms of features. However, it is a reliable router with basic functionality and much faster connection than the 802.11G routers. I usually connect at 130MBS and it is more than enough for may needs as my wired ethernet connection is 100MBS anyway. There is no performance difference between plugging the Ethernet cable to my computer or connecting wirelessly with this router and that was what I was looking for. I am simply happy with it (using for the last couple of weeks) and keeping it until dual band N routers drop to this price range.

Cons:
-Not a dual band (only 2.4 GHZ) so you won't experience 802.11N speeds if you use old 802.11B or 802.11G devices simultaneously with the N devices.
-Firmware and web interface provides only the basic settings, so don't expect anything advanced (e.g. you cannot reserve IPs to certain MACs)
-Ethernet is 100MBS, so don't buy this if you need gigabit ethernet
-You have to choose the 802.11 channel manually (there is no auto setting to find the channel with least interference). But you can look at the channels of the neighbor wireless networks and set it manually to the least crowded.

PROs:
-I bought it on sale and the price was unbeatable for a N router.
-Connection is fast and reliable.
-MIMO is great, so even the G devices connects faster (but I use the router exclusively in N mode, I have another G router for legacy devices)
-Set-up was painless and device supports WPA2 with hardware AES encryption.

I am a computer professional and didn't even look at the user manual or quick start guide. So I don't know how good the instructions etc. are if you need them but if you know what you are doing, then the router is easy to setup as it comes wireless enabled and you can start configuring it as soon as you power the router on. Its default IP is "192.168.10.1" and default admin password is "access".

49 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cheap Wireless N Router with Wireless Access Point, January 28, 2009

By 

tipstir "My Professional Review" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TRENDnet 300 Mbps Wireless N Home Router TEW-652BRP (Black) (Personal Computers)

I got this very cheap, but I got it to use as Wireless N Access Point. There are problems with the original firmware but you can fix that by upgrading to the most current one at this time it's 1.10.8. This is very basic N with 12X coverage area, so you're looking at 2 rooms about 150mbps at excellent signal range. The 3rd room would be 120mbps at very good signal. The 2x 2dBi ANT are okay the higher you place this device the better signal you'll get. You don't need to buy additional ANT for it.

Now the true story about Wireless Draft N 2.0.. Remember this is still experimental so true Standard N would be 600mbps. Draft N is 300mbps. Based on chipset not real time.

Okay so let's see:

300mbps = 150mbps (real time) but in the router it can be 130M
270mbps = 135mbps (real time) but in the router it can be 115M
260mbps = 130mbps (real time) but in the router it can be 110M
240mbps = 120mbps (real time) but in the router it can be 100M
130mbps = 65mbps (real time) but in the router it can be 45M
120mbps = 60mbps (real time) but in the router it can be 40M
60mbps = 30mbps (real time) but in the router it can be 10M

These are the speeds you'll can get, but you want to have about 150mbps that's close to the chipset speed which is 300MB.

This router has Atheros AR9130 400MHz CPU and 32MB of RAM plus 4MB Flash
Not bad faster than DLINK DIR-655 which only has 276MHz, 16MB of RAM and 4MB Flash. Except the DIR-655 has USB port and Gig ports. TEW-652BRP doesn't have USB or Gig ports.

If you're going to use it as wireless access point in N or G then you don't have to worry about the 10/100 ports only for connecting it to your network.

Now some programmers online have come up with a way that you can turn this Router into DIR-615 C1 3.01 using mod firmware which is just changing the last HEX entries to work the DIR-615 firmware that's all. Once you flash the router to a DIR-615 you'll have more features, but it won't be easy to use. You'll have to read the DIR-615 manual. Then you might find you want to switch back the Trendent Firmware you can do that but editing the firmware or modding it. Still I've tried both and found going back to Trendnet because the DIR-615 firmware not there yet and is prone to disconnections.

OpenWRT has firmware for this router but it's in Linux so you'll need to know the Linux code more like Telnet dos text session. Most users were waiting on DD-WRT another firmware you could use but doesn't at this time support TEW-652BRP.

Today I am using the latest Trendent firmware and the Router is used for as Wireless N Access Point. I also own 3x Trendnet TEW-641PC/A Wireless N PC Cards with this device. I don't have problems using those cards.

If you need any network tweak head over to DSLReports.com under DLINK forum more there about how to mod an etc.

Still this router isn't bad, if configured right you would have something just as good but for less the other expensive ones.

I am only rating this router 3 out of 5 because of the lack of features in the firmware, but most of the features are good for the basics plus it's easier to configure!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not good for 24/7 operation, January 16, 2010

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K. Hensley - See all my reviews
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This review is from: TRENDnet 300 Mbps Wireless N Home Router TEW-652BRP (Black) (Personal Computers)

This item works and is easy to use, but it gets hot if you use it 24/7 and when it gets hot it wont connect, I leave mine on 24/7 and it would get hot and you could not connect, so I would have to unplug it, let it cool down, and then plug it in and it would work for a day or so, I googled it and found that this is a common problem with this router and saw the many ways other people have "fixed" the problem, including some people who disassemble it and install a Video card heatsink or a fan inside of it, I did not want to take that route so I ended up using a laptop cooler and setting the router on top of it, and now I very rarely have to to reboot it, however if I had known that ahead of time I would not have bought it. Also it does not auto choose best channel, so if your neighbor uses same channel as you it will be very erratic until you go in and change the channel to one no one near you is using.